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I Fall To Pieces: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

By Aaron Neville

  • Bb major
  • 4/4
  • 110 BPM
  • 1960
  • Easy
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Left hand Hop-back bounceRight hand Wait-a-beat chordsChords the loop the song repeats most

Play the full song with sheet music

The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany I Fall To Pieces without reading music. The left hand plays hop-back bounce (broken chord 8-5-8-8) and the right hand wait-a-beat chords.

I Fall To Pieces accompaniment in letter notes

The Bb – Bb7 – Eb – F loop with hop-back bounce in the left hand and wait-a-beat chords in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 2
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 3
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 4
F
RA4+C5+F5 F4 A4 C5 F5 A5 C6 F6 A6
LF3 C3 F3 F3
Bar 5
Bb
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 6
Bb7
RD4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4 D4+F4+Bb4
LBb3 F3 Bb3 Bb3
Bar 7
Eb
RG4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5 G4+Bb4+Eb5
LEb3 Bb2 Eb3 Eb3
Bar 8
F
RA4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5 A4+C5+F5
LF3 C3 F3 F3

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about I Fall To Pieces

What are the letter notes for the I Fall To Pieces piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Bb – Bb7 – Eb – F, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I Fall To Pieces?

The loop is Bb – Bb7 – Eb – F (I – I7 – IV – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – F – Bb.

What key is I Fall To Pieces in?

Bb major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Fall To Pieces?

Hop-back bounce: broken chord 8-5-8-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Fall To Pieces easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.